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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Fellowship (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Fellowship. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Fellowship is located in Cook County.

To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cook County: Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Lowndes & Tift.

Below are the counties that are near Fellowship. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fellowship:

  • Cook County     (The home county of Fellowship)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fellowship, with the one closest to Fellowship listed first.
    • Cecil
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Adel
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sparks
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Staunton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Staunton is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
    • Lenox
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Atkinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fellowship, with the one closest to Fellowship listed first.
    • Willacoochee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Leliaton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Leliaton is located in Atkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leliaton
  • Berrien County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fellowship, with the one closest to Fellowship listed first.
    • Ray City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Nashville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Alapaha
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Enigma
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Brooks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fellowship, with the one closest to Fellowship listed first.
    • Barney
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Morven
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tallokas ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Tallokas is located in Brooks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallokas
      • Estimated population in 2019: 171 people
    • Fodie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fodie is located in Brooks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fodie
      • Estimated population in 2019: 5,037 people
    • Quitman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Barwick
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Dixie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • McIntyre Spring ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • McIntyre Spring is located in Brooks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre Spring
      • Estimated population in 2019: 605 people
    • Empress
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Empress is located in Brooks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empress
  • Clinch County
    • Du Pont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Colquitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fellowship, with the one closest to Fellowship listed first.
    • Berlin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Ellenton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Norman Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Moultrie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Riverside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Riverside is located in Colquitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • Echols County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fellowship, with the one closest to Fellowship listed first.
    • Howell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Howell is located in Echols County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
    • Statenville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lanier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fellowship, with the one closest to Fellowship listed first.
    • Lakeland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Stockton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Lowndes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fellowship, with the one closest to Fellowship listed first.
    • Hahira
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Franklinville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Franklinville is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 971 people
    • Shiloh
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Shiloh is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Barko Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Barko Village is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barko Village
    • Mineola
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Mineola is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 150 people
    • Remerton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Remerton is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remerton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
    • Valdosta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Naylor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Dasher
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Dasher is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
    • Clyattville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Lake Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Melrose
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Melrose is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
  • Thomas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fellowship, with the one closest to Fellowship listed first.
    • Pavo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Boston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Coolidge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Tift County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fellowship, with the one closest to Fellowship listed first.
    • Omega
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Brookfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Unionville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Unionville is located in Tift County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Phillipsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Phillipsburg is located in Tift County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
    • Tifton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Madison County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fellowship, with the one closest to Fellowship listed first.
    • Leland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Leland is located in Madison County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
    • Pinetta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fellowship, see our County-by-County Page for Fellowship.

Cemeteries Near Fellowship ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fellowship.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Fellowship - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fellowship covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fellowship, with the one closest to Fellowship listed first.

  • Jerusalem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Money Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Passmore Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Daniels Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hodges Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Baskins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Fisher Gaskins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilkes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (173 more) ...
    • Gornto Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Redding Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bennett Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

While we didn't find Fellowship in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fellowship.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Fellowship, with the one closest to Fellowship listed first.

  • Hahira
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Adel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mineola
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Mineola is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 150 people
  • Morven
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Nashville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Valdosta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Bayboro ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayboro is located in Colquitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayboro
  • Berlin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Ousley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Ousley is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ousley
  • Lenox
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Naylor
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Quitman
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Dasher
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Dasher is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
    • Clyattville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Alapaha
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fellowship. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fellowship.

Newspapers Published in Fellowship ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fellowship.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fellowship, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fellowship.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Fellowship:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fellowship, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fellowship) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.